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Dems are pushing Trump Admin to review the Rusal Aluminum Mill that Deripaska has promised to KY, saying that #MoscowMitch likely facilitated & will benefit from the deal. #ThursdayThoughts
politico.com/story/2019/07/…
politico.com/story/2019/07/…
2-"Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure. The disclosure comes
3-"as Democrats are pushing the Trump administration to review Rusal’s $200 million investment in the Kentucky project-concerned that the mill will supply the Defense Department- & as McConnell weathers criticism for helping block a congressional effort to stop the investment.
4-"The Russian firm was only able to make the investment after it won sanctions relief from penalties the Treasury Department initially imposed in April 2018 on Rusal and other companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and Kremlin ally accused of facilitating
5-"Moscow’s nefarious activities, such as seizing land in Ukraine, supplying arms for the Syrian regime and meddling in other countries’ elections." ~politico
